Marching bands headed to Concord Invitational Annual event is Saturday at Concord High School

September 15, 2006|KIM KILBRIDE Tribune Staff Writer

Though the marching band season is just getting under way, Penn High School is already impressing judges and audiences alike with this year's show, "Of Power and Grace." The marching band earned a second-place ranking at Lafayette Jefferson High School's invitational last weekend. With a classical show that's more musically complex than previous years, the Marching Kingsmen also won caption awards in the music, auxiliary, percussion and drum major categories. Taking first place in Class A at Lafayette Jefferson was Homestead, which tied for second place in the state finals last year. LaPorte, which finished tenth at state last year, came in third while Kokomo received a fourth-place ranking. Penn finished sixth in the state last year while Lafayette Jefferson finished eighth. One of this year's Indiana State